411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include Let's Tap, Fate/unlimited codes PORTABLE, Class of Heroes, Flower, Sun, and Rain, and Ghostbusters: The Video Game.
Siliconera Writes: Light gun games are back in fashion. Sega is leading the pack with more House of the Dead games, one of which is designed for an arcade date. Even smaller developers are getting in on the action to with WiiWare games for the morbidly curious. Meanwhile, Namco Bandai hasn't been as proactive with their Time Crisis series. Sure, Time Crisis 4 came out for the PlayStation 3, but that was an arcade port. When are we going to get a new Time Crisis game?
Time Crisis 4 and the new G-Con gun have finally been given a release date in the UK. PS3 Attitude also talk more about the supposed FPS Multiplayer feature, unique to the UK/European release...
Direct from Play.com Live 08 at Wembley Stadium; demonstration of the new GunCon 3 controller in FPS mode. The GunCon 3, in it's orange blazing glory, has a whole host of buttons and a thumb-stick on the back that allows you to look around, strafe, jump, reload and change weapons, as well as operating items such as doors. It looks awkward to begin with, but feels fairly natural after a short time. What will make this much more fun is the online multi-player, which is expected to support up to 10 players.
Perhaps you didn't notice, but more than a few PS3 titles got recent and very unexpected updates... and some could potentially hurt the system. -- 12/31/2007, Ben Dutka
Time Crisis 4 gets a mysterious 18MB update
The numbers in square brackets are shipments. All numbers are estimates: ¿ Final Fantasy IV (DS): 180,000 [400,000] ¿ Naruto: Shippuuden N-Ultimate Accelerator 2 (PS2): 45,000 ¿ Card Hero DS (DS): 30,000k [50,000~60,000] ¿ Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri: Kakera Asobi (PS2): 23,000 ¿ Dora Base (DS): about 20,000 [40,000] ¿ Powerful Pro Baseball 14 Final Edition (PS2): 17,000 ¿ Time Crisis 4 (PS3): 10,000 ¿ Myself; Yourself (PS2): 6,000 [10,000] ¿ Hajime no Ippo (PSP): 6,000 ¿ The Prince of Tennis (DS): 6,000 ¿ Patapon (PSP): 5,000 ¿ Powerful Baseball Final Edition (Wii): 4,000 ¿ Survival Kids (DS): 3,000 ¿ Medal of Honour: Airborne (PS3): 2,500 ¿ The Legend of Heroes: Sora no Kiseki Complete Edition (PSP): 1,000 [3,000] Source: Sinobi
Not all games are listed, only major titles. All these titles will be released on Thursday, 12/20. ¿ Wii - 'Powerful Baseball Wii Final Edition' ¿ DS - 'Final Fantasy IV DS', 'Dora Base' ¿ PS3 - 'Time Crisis 4' ¿ PS2 - 'Naruto: Shippuuden N-Ultimate Accelerator 2', 'Powerful Pro Baseball 14 Final Edition', 'Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri: Kakera Asobi', 'Myself, Yourself' ¿ PSP - 'The Legend of Heroes: Sora no Kiseki Complete Edition' ¿ Xbox 360 - none Lastly, the report notes that Sony has stopped the production of Eye of Judgment card packages in Japan.
US Game * MX vs ATV: Untamed EU Games * PlayStation Eye & EyeCreate Asian Games * FIFA 08: World Class Soccer * Medal of Honor: Airborne * Time Crisis 4 Keep in mind that your PS3 is region free, so you're able to import any of the above titles if you wish to do so. Release dates are constantly subject to change, so call ahead before you leave the house.
Game Informer have just sent out their newest edition to American stores nationwide and this months' review scores can be found below. Super Mario Galaxy receives the game of the month award, while Rock Band also impresses. Time Crisis 4, Soul Caliber: Legends and Jenga were this months' worst games. Rock Band (PS3/Xbox 360/PS2, EA): 9,25 / 9,25 F.E.A.R. Files (Xbox 360, Sierra): 6,5 / 7 Beowulf (PS3/Xbox 360, Ubisoft): 5,75 / 5 Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (PS3/Xbox 360, Eidos): 7 / 7,25 Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command (NDS, THQ): 8 / 8,5 MX vs. ATV Untamed (Xbox 360/PS3, THQ): 8 / 8,25 Scene It? (Xbox 360, Microsoft): 8,5 / 7 Viva Pinata: Party Animals (Xbox 360, Microsoft): 5,5 Bee Movie (Xbox 360/PS2/Wii/NDS, Activision): 6,5 Time Crisis 4 (PS3, Namco Bandai): 4,25 / 4,5 Super Mario Galaxy (Wii, Nintendo): 9,75 / 9,75 **Game of the Month** Smarty Pants (Wii, EA): 7,5 / 6 Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 (Wii, Ubisoft): 7,75 / 8 Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (Wii, Capcom): 8,25 / 8 Soul Calibur Legends (Wii, Namco Bandai): 4 / 4 Ghost Squad (Wii, Sega): 7 / 6,5 Battalion Wars 2 (Wii, Nintendo): 7,25 / 7,25 Endless Ocean (Wii, Nintendo): 6 Trauma Center: New Blood (Wii, Atlus): 7,5 Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 (Wii, EA): 6,75 Dancing With the Stars (Wii/PS2, Actgivision): 5,25 Jenga (Wii, Atari): 2
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